Meet our Full Time Lecturers
Prof James Bekker (PrEng)
Associate Professor
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
Information systems; Computer simulation; Multi-objective optimisation.
Prof Taryn Bond-Barnard (PrEng, PMP)
Associate Professor
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Human factors of PM; Agile, knowledge management PMO; PM education
Prof Thinus Booysen (PrEng, CEng)
Professor
RESEARCH CHAIR
Internet of Things; IoT applied to energy, water and paratransit.
Mr Eldon Burger
Lecturer
DATA SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence; data analytics; digital transformation; explainable artificial intelligence; machine learning.
Prof Imke de Kock (PrEng)
Associate Professor
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
Technology management; decision support; system dynamics and analysis; sustainability science; health systems engineering and innovation.
Dr Theuns Dirkse-van Schalkwyk
Lecturer
SYSTEMS MODELLING, SIMULATION & DATA PROCESSING
Blockchain, business and other processes; RPA and data analysis.
Prof Andries Engelbrecht
Professor
VOIGT CHAIR IN DATA SCIENCE
Swarm intelligence; evolutionary computation; machine learning; optimisation; data analytics; artificial intelligence.
Prof Leila Goedhals-Gerber
Professor
LOGITISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS
Cold chain logistics; Sustainable logistics; Human behaviour within a supply chain context; The maritime industry.
Prof Sara Grobbelaar (PrEng)
Associate Professor
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Health systems engineering and innovation; Innovation systems and ecosystems; Innovation for inclusive development; ICTs for development.
Prof Jacomine Grobler (PrEng)
Associate Professor
SUPPLY CHAIN DATA SCIENCE & OPTIMISATION
Data science; optimisation algorithm development; supply chain management.
Prof Mandla Gwetu
Associate Professor
DATA SCIENCE
Machine learning; artificial intelligence; data analytics; pattern recognition; Computer vision; image processing.
Dr Wyhan Jooste (PrEng)
Senior Lecturer
PHYSICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Maintenance management; reliability engineering; asset management methodologies.
Prof Louis Louw
Associate Professor
ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Enterprise (re)design; Innovation management; Production management; Digitalisation in operations and supply chains.
Dr Mia Mangaroo-Pillay
Senior Lecturer
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Lean philosophy; operational excellence; production management; engineering management
Prof Stephen Matope (PrEng)
Associate Professor
MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
Micromanufacturing; advanced manufacturing; robotics; production management.
Mr Meelan Roopa
Lecturer
SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
Environmental sustainability; biomimicry; transdisciplinary knowledge; enterprise design; gamification; simulation
Prof Natasha Sacks
Professor
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Additive and subtractive manufacturing; sustainable and smart manufacturing; materials design and development; prototyping.
Prof Corne Schutte (PrEng)
VICE-DEAN: Research & Industry Liaison
Professor
ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Knowledge management; innovation; enterprise life-cycles; project, programme, risk and communication management; PMBOK; engineering management.
Professor
Dr Makoena Sebatjane
Senior Lecturer
OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Carbon-constrained supply chain management; emissions regulated inventory systems modelling; inventory theory; Lot-sizing.
Dr Michelle Smit
Lecturer
INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Management of technological innovation, innovation systems, dynamics of technological change, and innovation strategy; management theory and systems
Prof André van der Merwe
Associate Professor
SMART DIGITAL SYSTEMS
Additive manufacturing; ergonomics(human factors); commercial readiness.
Prof Joubert van Eeden (PrEng)
CHAIR - Professor
SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Supply chain planning and analysis; Transport modelling; Sustainable freight transport planning; Logistics management.
Prof Jan van Vuuren (PrSciNat)
Professor
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Combinatorial optimisation; vehicle routing; scheduling and timetabling; facility location; decision support systems; graph and network theory.
Dr Philip Venter (PrEng
Senior Lecturer
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Thermal hydraulic data driven solutions;condition monitoring; combinatorial optimisation; decision support systems; resource scheduling.
Dr Euodia Vermeulen
Lecturer
OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND DATA SCIENCE
Network theory and network models; simulation (agent-based focussed); data analytics.
Dr Philani Zincume (PrEng)
Lecturer
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Leadership, teams and organisations human capital and technical competency; production management; management systems.
